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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-80/P-80/T-33/TO/TV Shooting Star / T2V Sea Star / CT-133 Silver Star / F-94 Starfire
    Latest Model:F-80B Shooting Star
    Last Military Serial:45-8626 USAF
    Construction Number:080-1840
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-80B sn 45-8626 USAF cn 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:174th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Sioux City, IA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-80B-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-8626.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 45-8626.

    By 1948

    Transferred to 22nd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter Bomber Group, Furstenfeldbruck Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: 15

    11 June 1948

    Redesignated as F-80B.

    3 July 1950

    Damaged.
    Crashed near Starnberg, West Germany.

    By February 1955

    Transferred to 174th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Sioux City, IA.

    26 February 1955


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